Janet Evans still makes Olympic waves – Orange County Register

On an August night in 2015, as Janet Evans led six 8-year-old kids into Staples Center for a Taylor Swift concert, her cell phone rang.

It was an old friend, Casey Wasserman, the sports and media entrepreneur. He had just agreed to lead Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 Olympic Games after another big U.S. contender for the Olympics, Boston, dropped out amid political and financial uncertainty and mounting public opposition.

U.S. Olympian Janet Evans walks on the beach near her home in Laguna Beach, on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Evans is the vice chair and director of athlete relations for LA 2028 Olympic Games. (Photo by Mark Rightmire,Orange County Register/SCNG)

U.S. Olympian Janet Evans walks on the beach near her home in Laguna Beach, on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Evans is the vice chair and director of athlete relations for LA 2028 Olympic Games. (Photo by Mark Rightmire,Orange County Register/SCNG)

U.S. Olympian Janet Evans walks on the beach near her home in Laguna Beach, on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Evans is the vice chair and director of athlete relations for LA 2028 Olympic Games. (Photo by Mark Rightmire,Orange County Register/SCNG)

U.S. Olympian Janet Evans stands in the doorway of her home in Laguna Beach, on Tuesday, December 5, 2017. Evans is the vice chair and director of athlete relations for LA 2028 Olympic Games. (Photo by Mark Rightmire,Orange County Register/SCNG)

L.A. Olympic Bid Committee Vice Chairman and Director of Athlete Relations Janet Evans speaks during a press conference where Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that Los Angeles had been named to host the 2028 Olympics instead of the 2024 Games at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. July 31, 2017. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, SGV Tribune/ SCNG)

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces that Los Angeles has been named to host the 2028 Olympics instead of the 2024 Games during a press conference at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. July 31, 2017. He is joined by from left: IOC member Anita…